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Unit 2 - Practice Quiz

PEA305

1 Convert into a fraction.

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B.
C.
D.

2 If of , then of $20$ is the same as:

A. of
B. of
C. of
D.

3 If the price of sugar increases by , by how much percentage must a household reduce the consumption so that the expenditure remains the same?

A.
B.
C.
D.

4 Two students appeared at an examination. One of them secured $9$ marks more than the other and his marks were of the sum of their marks. The marks obtained by them are:

A. $39, 30$
B. $41, 32$
C. $42, 33$
D. $43, 34$

5 If the numerator of a fraction is increased by and the denominator is decreased by , the value of the new fraction becomes . The original fraction is:

A.
B.
C.
D.

6 In an election between two candidates, one got of the total valid votes, of the votes were invalid. If the total number of votes was $7500$, the number of valid votes that the other candidate got was:

A. $2700$
B. $2900$
C. $3000$
D. $3100$

7 A student multiplied a number by instead of . What is the percentage error in the calculation?

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B.
C.
D.

8 If 's height is less than that of , how much percent 's height is more than that of ?

A.
B.
C.
D.

9 A number is first increased by and then reduced by . The number:

A. Does not change
B. Decreases by
C. Increases by
D. None of these

10 The population of a town increases by annually. If its present population is $4410$, what was it 2 years ago?

A. $4000$
B. $4100$
C. $4200$
D. $4300$

11 If is of , what percent of is ?

A.
B.
C.
D.

12 In an examination, a student who gets of the maximum marks fails by $5$ marks. Another student who scores of the maximum marks gets $20$ marks more than the pass marks. The necessary percentage required for passing is:

A.
B.
C.
D.

13 The value of a machine depreciates at the rate of every year. It was purchased 3 years ago. If its present value is Rs. $8748$, its purchase price was:

A. Rs. $10000$
B. Rs. $11372$
C. Rs. $12000$
D. Rs. $12500$

14 Calculate of $48$.

A. $12$
B. $16$
C. $18$
D. $20$

15 If the length of a rectangle is increased by and the breadth is decreased by , the net effect on the area is:

A. increase
B. decrease
C. increase
D. decrease

16 A fruit seller had some apples. He sells apples and still has $420$ apples. Originally, he had:

A. $588$ apples
B. $600$ apples
C. $672$ apples
D. $700$ apples

17 When $60$ is subtracted from of a number, the result is $60$. The number is:

A. $120$
B. $150$
C. $180$
D. $200$

18 Two numbers are less than a third number by and respectively. How much percent is the second number less than the first?

A.
B.
C.
D.

19 Cost Price (CP) is Rs. $200$, Selling Price (SP) is Rs. $250$. Find the Profit Percentage.

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B.
C.
D.

20 If the Cost Price is of the Selling Price, then what is the profit percent?

A.
B.
C.
D.

21 By selling an article for Rs. $360$, a man incurs a loss of . At what price should he sell it to gain ?

A. Rs. $400$
B. Rs. $420$
C. Rs. $450$
D. Rs. $380$

22 If the cost price of $12$ pens is equal to the selling price of $8$ pens, the gain percent is:

A.
B.
C.
D.

23 A man buys a cycle for Rs. $1400$ and sells it at a loss of . What is the selling price of the cycle?

A. Rs. $1090$
B. Rs. $1160$
C. Rs. $1190$
D. Rs. $1202$

24 A person incurs a loss by selling a watch for Rs. $1140$. At what price should the watch be sold to earn profit?

A. Rs. $1200$
B. Rs. $1230$
C. Rs. $1260$
D. Rs. $1290$

25 A boy buys lemons at $11$ for Rs. $10$ and sells them at $10$ for Rs. $11$. What is his gain percent?

A.
B.
C.
D.

26 A dealer marks his goods above cost price. He then allows a discount of on it. What is his net gain percent?

A.
B.
C.
D.

27 Successive discounts of and are equivalent to a single discount of:

A.
B.
C.
D.

28 A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods at cost price but uses a weight of $960$ gm for a kg weight. Find his gain percent.

A.
B.
C.
D.

29 If a man were to sell his chair for Rs. $720$, he would lose . To gain , he should sell it for:

A. Rs. $1000$
B. Rs. $1200$
C. Rs. $1440$
D. Rs. $900$

30 The marked price of an article is Rs. $80$ and it is sold for Rs. $76$. The discount rate is:

A.
B.
C.
D.

31 Two items are sold for Rs. $99$ each. On one, the seller gains and on the other, he loses . What is the overall gain or loss percent?

A. No gain, no loss
B. loss
C. gain
D. loss

32 A trader mixes $26$ kg of rice at Rs. $20$ per kg with $30$ kg of rice of other variety at Rs. $36$ per kg and sells the mixture at Rs. $30$ per kg. His profit percent is:

A.
B.
C.
D.

33 Marked price of a shirt is Rs. $1000$. A shopkeeper offers 10%, 10% and 20% successive discounts. The selling price is:

A. Rs. $648$
B. Rs. $600$
C. Rs. $720$
D. Rs. $640$

34 Profit earned by selling an article for Rs. $1060$ is more than the loss incurred by selling the article for Rs. $950$. At what price should the article be sold to earn profit?

A. Rs. $1200$
B. Rs. $1800$
C. Rs. $1000$
D. Rs. $1080$

35 If selling price is doubled, the profit triples. Find the profit percent.

A.
B.
C.
D.

36 Which is a better offer? (A) Buy 2 Get 1 Free (B) Flat 30% discount.

A. Offer A
B. Offer B
C. Both are equal
D. Cannot be determined

37 A reduction of in the price of wheat enables a person to buy $3.5$ kg more wheat for Rs. $770$. The original price of wheat was:

A. Rs.
B. Rs.
C. Rs.
D. Rs.

38 The salary of a person was reduced by . By what percent should his reduced salary be raised so as to bring it at par with his original salary?

A.
B.
C.
D.

39 The income of a broker remains unchanged though the rate of commission is increased from to . The percentage of slump in business is:

A.
B.
C.
D.

40 If the profit is on the selling price, what is the actual profit percent (on Cost Price)?

A.
B.
C.
D.

41 At what percentage above the cost price must a shopkeeper mark his goods so that he gains even after giving a discount of on the marked price?

A.
B.
C.
D.

42 A shopkeeper cheats by while buying and while selling using false weights. His total gain is:

A.
B.
C.
D.

43 Find the single discount equivalent to a series discount of 20%, 10% and 5%.

A.
B.
C.
D.

44 A man purchases two watches for Rs. $560$. He sells one at profit and the other at loss. There is no loss or gain on the whole. The Cost Price of the watch sold at profit is:

A. Rs. $224$
B. Rs. $250$
C. Rs. $200$
D. Rs. $280$

45 A vendor sells 60 percent of apples he had and throws away 15 percent of the remainder. Next day he sells 50 percent of the remainder and throws away the rest. What percent of his apples does the vendor throw?

A.
B.
C.
D.

46 In an election, candidate A got of the total votes and lost to candidate B by $298$ votes. Calculate the total number of votes.

A. $1490$
B. $1500$
C. $1600$
D. $1400$

47 What is of equal to?

A. $6.25$
B. $0.625$
C. $0.0625$
D. $0.00625$

48 If 120 is of a number, then of that number will be:

A. $20$
B. $120$
C. $480$
D. $720$

49 An article is sold at a profit of . If it had been sold at a profit of , it would have fetched Rs. $35$ more. The cost price of the article is:

A. Rs. $600$
B. Rs. $700$
C. Rs. $800$
D. Rs. $900$

50 By selling an article for Rs. 100, a man gains Rs. 15. Then his gain percent is:

A.
B.
C.
D.